January 25 2015, 8.57 pm

You know that you're getting older
when you went to your cousin's wedding ceremony
eat kerepek pisang, kek buah, karipap, sate ayam and sate daging
have a long talk with your grandmother and other relatives
discussing about your career path and life
squeezing the kerepek pisang into your backpack
say farewell to your uncles and aunts
then you went home

and you forgot to meet the bride and bridegroom

plus, you have no idea how the spouse of your cousin looks like

and you forgot to eat nasi minyak


Hahaha.

Dah jadi lumrah agaknya
Zaman belajar, we have plenty of time.
time to watch K-Drama, time to play videogames, time to study
but no money. Hujung sem wajib makan mi segera.
Zaman kerja, we have plenty of money,
we can buy car, house, PS4, Nintendo 3DS, novels, non-fictions
but we don't have time to drive to other places, no time to stay in your house, no time to play your videogames and no time to read your favourite book. In fact, no time for your own life.

Sorry Kakak Nurul.
Orang nak cepat balik hari tu sebab esoknya kena kerja.
Tu yang kalut semacam.
Jalan raya pun gelap sebab dah malam.
Ada lampu jalan pun macam mentol reban ayam je terangnya.
Siap berlubang-lubang lagi jalan tu macam padang golf.

Anyway, congratulations for your marriage.
May Allah bless.

(And thanks for the bunga telur and cotton candy/candy floss/fairy floss)

January 18th 2015, 8.52 pm

These are some books that I noticed that which always on top of the bestseller list every week (compiled by MPH  Bookstores in Mid Valley.) You can see the list almost every Saturday in New Straits Times (under Well Lit. section). I started to look at the pattern since November 22nd 2014 until January 10th 2014.


NON-FICTION

1. Reclaim Your Heart
- Yasmin Mogahed

2. Seriously... I'm Kidding
- Ellen Degeneres

3. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
- Malala Yousafzai

FICTION

1. Love, Rosie
- Cecilia Ahern

2. KL Noir: Yellow
- Various Authors

3. Lullabies
- Lang Leav

MALAY NOVELS

1. Setitis Kasih Darmia
- Naniey Tj

MALAY GENERAL BOOKS

1. Dracula vs Al-Fateh
- Muhd Nur Iman Ramli

2. DIAgnosis
- Dr. Anwar Fazal, Dr. Aizzat & Dr. Azah


~Natural Cure~

January 10 2015, 4.16 pm

"Macam mana dengan tiga orang tu kalau saya pergi?"

"Well, you should think about yourself. You have your own thing, they'll have theirs."

Jujur saya cakap, kalau saya blah dari situ, memang saya selfish. And of course akan terbeban dengan rasa bersalah. Bersalah dengan boss yang ambil bekerja. Bersalah dengan kakak Production Coordinator yang tak pernah menang tangan dengan lambakan kertas A4 yang sentiasa penuh di tangan. Juga rasa bersalah kepada tiga jurutera yang sama-sama pusing line atau mesin tiap-tiap hari sambil mengisi borang process control checklist yang tak habis-habis tu.

" Mesti diorang susah. Kerja kakak ni pun nanti jadi double. Dah la belum ada lagi engineer baru nak join company ni. I might get what I want, tapi diorang?"

"That is life. Once you get your thing, you have to move on. Hal kat sini, diorang dengan kami berdua boleh uruskan. Memang la tempat ni tak stabil lagi, but they'll learn to stand on their own feet"

Saya terdiam.

"If you got that job, and they offer better things to you, then just go on. Just leave everything else to us.You have to live for yourself, and not to please others."

"Plus, you're still young. You should grab any opportunities that land on your feet."

Lepas apa yang jadi masa zaman sekolah, zaman matrikulasi dan zaman universiti dan zaman kerja, I think everything looks so crystal clear. Baru saya faham kenapa ada masa-masa tertentu kita terjatuh, terbabas, tergolek dan yang sewaktu dengannya. Sebab Dia nak latihsaya jadi kuat. Jauh lebih kuat daripada mana-mana kenalan yang pernah saya jumpa. Thank you Allah for leading me to the right path. And thank you for make me a stronger and better person.


So, I've made up my mind.

"I do."

~Natural Cure~

January 4 2014, 5.58 pm

Kepada pembaca bernama Afiqah,
Saya dah update entri bertajuk 'Love Yasmin' dari bab 1 hingga bab akhir. Maaf atas keterlambatan.

Kepada mereka yang ingin mengenali Yasmin J. Hunwick,
Juga dijemput untuk membaca rumusan bab demi bab dalam entri tersebut. Tapi apa yang saya tulis hanyalah sebahagian kecil sahaja daripada keseluruhan cerita. Terima kasih kepada Syimir Yunusi yang telah 'compile' dan menerbitkan kisah hidup beliau.Saya masih menggalakkan pembaca untuk mencari novel ni kalau terjumpa di mana-mana.

Kepada Encik Johan, Puan Saz, Aunty Dee, Muiz, Zharif dan Ayesha,
Saya juga pernah merasa kehilangan insan tersayang. Kami sekeluarga juga pernah melalui hari-hari gelap, dan kami berpegang teguh antara satu sama lain untuk meniti hari-hari seterusnya. Semoga keadilan tertegak untuk kalian. Dan semoga arwah Yasmin, arwah Aina dan arwah Hazwani tenang di sana.

~Natural Cure~

January 4 2015, 8.47 am


It's 2015. Dan saya percaya hampir setiap ceruk dunia ni ada tulis atas kertas dan papan putih (atau paling kurang pun sekadar lintasan hati) tentang azam atau resolusi untuk tahun ni. Contohnya macam "Tahun ni saya nak puasa penuh" (heh), "Tahun ni saya nak berhenti merokok", "Tahun ni nak beli kereta", etc. Senang cerita, semua orang ada ultimate goal masing-masing untuk tahun ni. Dan biasanya, awal bulan Februari pun dah give up dengan resolusi tu. Haha.

But it'll be different case with me. I do have some targets for 2015, but it won't stop there. That's because it'll be extended until 2020. That is, five years from now. I do admit that it might take a longer time because I need to make some preparations before I'm truly prepared.

If you follow this blog for months before, I've stated that I wanna get out of my own comfort zone, because I believe that we, human, are are afraid of changes. We tend to stick at one place for along time, and turn on the air-conditioner at full blast, eating muffins and drink tea from the stewardess and listen to our favorite MP3s from the smartphones while watching the land and sea beyond the window of the plane. But once there's some vibration, turbulence or micro burst, we'll start to panic and scream loudly. We might survive from incident, but in the end, we'll never take that flight anymore. We're getting weaker for each passing day.

We're afraid to look at the other side of the world, because we're afraid of changes.

And that's my plan for the next 5 years. To explore the new horizons.

So, my ultimate goal is to further my study in Germany. Indeed, there's plenty of local universities that offer places for the students. I just want to challenge myself, and break the limit. And I believe that I'l become stronger in the future.

In the meantime, I have achieved  2 of 6 goals, and they are as listed below.
A. Health Insurance Certificate - CHECKED (November 2013)
B. Proof of Financial Resources
C. Academic Certificates - CHECKED (October 2013)
D. German Language Proficiency Certificate
E. Notification of Admission from German University
F. Student Visa

So, basically, I need to collect more money (about RM65k++), taking the test for the German language certificate (speaking, listening, writing, reading in GERMAN), fill in the form from the uiversity (and wait for them to reply) and applying student visa (which can be applied after I've finished all of these documents).

The main reason why I'm doing this, is because I'm too afraid to dream when I was a little bit younger.I was a timid little child and afraid of a lot of things But once I finished my studies, I can see all the things that I've missed, and I really really hope that I can turn back the time and start to dream.

The past is what we should leave behind. The futute is what we should grab.

To all of my readers, please, don''t be afraid to dream. We're still young, we should find our inner strength . And make sure that once you're getting older, yo'll never say "I wish I have done that beforewhen I was younger"

Assalamualaikum
~Natural Cure~.

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